<span class="vcard">Bailey Lamon</span>
Bailey Lamon

INVITE: Reviewing the Year and Planning for Next Term!

Dear Pirates, Can you believe it is almost the end of the year? It seems as though 2021 just flew by, and we are already in the process of organizing the end-of-term General Assembly for January 8th and 9th of 2022. As the winter holidays get closer the PPI Board thought it would be a good idea to have one more event to bring Pirates together in an organized setting before the holidays and the GA. We thought about how oftentimes at GAs we try to gather your feedback and set aside time for brainstorming, but this does not tend to last long or even happen at all because by …

ANNOUNCEMENT: PPI General Assembly January 2022!

Dear Pirates, It’s that time again! As we move into the final stretch of this year, it is time to start preparing for our main General Assembly of the year. Due to problems finding suitable dates in December this year, we are pleased to announce that the PPI General Assembly will take place on January 8th and 9th of 2022. Our last GA was on July 3rd and it was only one day long. This next GA will need to be 2 days because will have a much larger agenda. There will be more reports to give as well as elections, in addition to the usual voting on motions and …

INVITE: Online Advertising Discussion (SCENE)

Dear Pirates, We would like to invite you to a meeting of the SCENE committee on Wednesday, October 13th. The topic for this meeting is the Google Ad Grant [1] which PPI has been approved for, as well as an exchange of experiences about online advertisement by Pirate Parties in general. The Google Ad Grant is a grant of up to 10,000 USD per month in Google search ads for approved NGOs. It is a tool for gaining visibility and in turn, raising awareness and gaining support for one’s cause(s). We would like to discuss with our members how to use it in a way that benefits the whole Pirate …

INVITE: Campaigning During COVID-19 Part 2!

Dear Pirates, We are pleased to invite you all to the meeting of our SCENE committee on Saturday, August 21st. The topic for this meeting is “Campaigning During COVID-19” and it is an extension of the meeting we held for the same topic back in February. When: Saturday, August 21st @ 13:00 UTC/15:00 CEST Where: PPI BigBlueButton Room https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v Multiple PPI member parties have participated in elections in their countries this year already, and there are several more who are currently preparing to do the same. The pandemic has proven to be a challenge when it comes to campaigning because as we learned in the first meeting, the campaign strategies …

Monthly Pirate Social + PPI Board Meeting

Hello everyone, On Friday, July 30th at 19:00 UTC/21:00 CEST/15:00 EDT we will have our monthly PPI social, also known as “Pirate Beer”. This is an informal gathering for Pirates from around the world to network and socialize. There is no formal agenda. A few days later, there will be a meeting of the PPI board on Wednesday, August 4th at 14:00 UTC/16:00 CEST/10:00 EDT. Feel free to join us in the meeting room or listen through the Pirates On Air live stream: https://piratesonair.net/de/stream/. Both of these meetings will take place in the PPI BigBlueButton room: https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v All are welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you!

The PPI General Assembly is this weekend! Here’s what you need to know!

Dear Pirates, As you know this Saturday, July 3rd 2021 is the day of our mid-year PPI General Assembly. We are excited to connect with you all again and do some catching up as well as make plans for the future! Here are the things you need to know about the GA: Start time: 09:00 UTC, 11:00 CEST Location: Mumble! The server is mumble.ppi.rocks, port 64738. If you are new to this and have never used Mumble, you can download it here: https://www.mumble.info/ Scroll down and click on the room “PPI Board,” and then another room called “Online GA.” This is where we will meet. PPI Board members will be …

INVITATION: SUMMER GA 2021!

Dear Pirates, As we move further into 2021 we believe it is time for our mid-year General Assembly. We would like the opportunity to meet with our members and check in with one another about what we have been up to since the end of last year. We are excited to invite you to our early-Summer General Assembly, which will take place on Saturday, July 3rd, 2021! The event will begin at 09:00 UTC (11:00 CEST) and will be held entirely online using Mumble, just like last time: mumble.ppi.rocks, port 64738. Scroll down and click on the room “PPI Board,” and then another room called “Online GA.” This will be …

Upcoming discussion: Membership data systems

Dear Pirates, Join us this Sunday, April 25th at 17:00 UTC/19:00 CEST to discuss the management of Pirate Party membership data. We will meet in the PPI Big Blue Button room: https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v A few questions to get the discussion going: -How does your party manage its membership data? What tool(s) do you use? -What is needed to have a secure and effective management system? In other words, what do you consider “best practices”? -What sorts of laws must you keep in mind when it comes to membership data (ex.GDPR)? -Do you see any potential benefits to having a decentralized, member-controlled system at the international level? If so, what does that …

PPI April 2021 social: Pirate cookout!

Hello Pirates! This weekend we invite you to join us for our monthly social, commonly known as “Pirate Beer”. When: Saturday, April 24th at 17:30 UTC/19:30 CEST Where: https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v As you can see, we’ve decided to start this one a little bit early, at 17:30 UTC/19:30 CEST. To keep with the recent trend of mixing things up at our socials, some folks have decided to get together early and hold a cookout! In other words, we will be cooking food together before we start evening drinks, just for the fun of it. So find something delicious to cook, perhaps a traditional meal from your country (or something completely different!), and …

PPI February Social–Online BarCamp!

Hey Pirates! As you are all aware, the last weekend of every month is PPI Social time (also lovingly called ‘Pirate Beer’). This month we would like to switch things up a little bit. Instead of meeting up to informally socialize, we would like to invite you all to an online BarCamp! When: Saturday, February 27th @ 20:00 UTC/21:00 CET Where: https://www.airmeet.com/e/2a1edee0-70e5-11eb-a7e5-8352699d9e45 What is a BarCamp, you ask? According to BarCamp.org: “BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. Anyone with something to contribute or with the …

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